The Littlest Angel

Kenadie Jourdin-Bromley was born on Feb.13, 2003 and weighed just 2 lbs, 8 ounces. Young Kenadie was not expected to survive long but years later she is still with us.

At the age of 8 months, Kenadie was diagnosed with primordial dwarfism, a genetic condition that is believed to affect only about 100 people in the world.

She isn’t expected to grow past about 30 inches or weigh more than 8 pounds. Her family maintains an enchanting website filled with photos and Kenadie updates. The site can be viewed here.

The photo above is of Kenadie and photographer Gary Parker.

It is believed that Caroline Crachami, the Sicilian Fairy, was the first documented primordial dwarf. She toured Europe in 1824 and passed away that same year.

Get Neatorama by

RSS or email

this post? Please

email this

+digg

+reddit

+del.icio.us

+SU

Posted on

September 17, 2007 at 10:52 am by JTPednaud
Category: Baby & Kid, Blog & Internet, Medicine

21 Comments to "The Littlest Angel"

meg
September 17th, 2007 at 11:07 am
She’s precious…I really liked the TLC show about her, and the 20-year-old primordial dwarf that was also featured.
Miss Cellania
September 17th, 2007 at 11:47 am
Littlest angel is right! She makes my 40-pound nine-year-old look huge.
Contrary Mary
September 17th, 2007 at 11:57 am
ZOMG that website made me all warm and weepy. How sweet.
matt
September 17th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
Her mom is hot.
Ali S.
September 17th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
Wow. She looks like a little doll!
Anthony
September 17th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
Everyone else is thinking it, so I’ll just say it: She’s really creepy.
James
September 17th, 2007 at 3:20 pm
She’s not responsible for it but she’s kinda creepy indeed …
Denita TwoDragons
September 17th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
I’m sure from her viewpoint, we’re creepy-looking giants.

…and some of us are creepy-looking, _insensitive_ giants, too.

–TwoDragons
Stefanie
September 17th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
I’m sure that somewhere, some wealthy socialite is wondering if she could get one to fit in her Louis Vuitton bag…
Nora
September 17th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
I think she looks adorable. Like a tiny sprite that walked out of a Brian Froud piece of art. Attach some little fairy wings and she’s a perfect pixie.
hc
September 17th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
What a strange creature she is! And probably delicious!
–A Creepy-Looking, Insensitive Giant
Beth
September 17th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
I love her! She’s adorable. I didn’t think creepy for even a second.

Awww, I just want to hug her, she’s so darn cute!
Never teh Bride
September 17th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
I’m going to guess that Paris Hilton desperately wants to add little Kenadie to her minipet menagerie.
billy
September 17th, 2007 at 6:12 pm
total cutie-pie !!!
i’m a fan !
pol x
September 17th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
She’s not creepy, she is so unusual that she has an other worldly quality that a lot of people find unsettling.

I would feel horribly ungainly and dangerous around such a small person,the perceived fragility of her would have me walking on egg shells.

I read the Wiki entry and found nothing pertaining to the mental development prognosis.

I hope that due to her scale being small that she operates with a smaller brain.

That is to say, all to scale.

Here’s hoping she lives her shortened life in happiness and comfort.

The remarkably differnt can have very sad lives, see Julia Pastranna, or very full and happy ones, see Grace McDaniels.

A lot of it is down to the norms being a mensch about things.
sam
September 17th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
She does look quite other-worldly aye, and kinda like a cute fraggle.
Chad
September 17th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
Thank you for posting this. I saw this a couple of days ago on ebaumsworld and I soo wanted to share it with other people but the comments all over the page were absolutely ridiculous!
LC
September 19th, 2007 at 12:22 am
Holy crap! I want her in my pocket…she is too adorable!!
ThornQ
September 20th, 2007 at 1:04 am
She lives in the Uncanny Valley, that’s for sure.
C.lee : *)
January 21st, 2008 at 11:42 am
I saw her on TV and she truly is the worlds smallest angel. Kenadie you’re a beautiful child. We’ll be praying for your health and for your family. :*)
Krystal
May 6th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
im doing a project on primordial dwarfs and everything is proportional in MOPDII (Primoridal dwarfs) unlike the usual dwarfs that we may see on tv or in life that appear to have larger heads and shorter limb and such. They have near normal intelligence as well, which is good. Its all quite interesting… Hope all is well with the family Kenadie!

Want your own avatar? Get one for free at Gravatar!

Stay updated on the comments in this post with

Comment RSS